Usage examples of "grands travaux" in French with translation to English

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Les petits secrets font les grands mensonges. Small secrets make big lies.
Le juge prononça une peine de cinq ans de travaux forcés. The judge handed down a sentence of five years hard labor.
Les grands hommes sont presque toujours de mauvais hommes, même lorsqu'ils exercent une influence et non une autorité. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority.
La bonne était excédée de ses travaux ménagers. The maid was dead tired of her household chores.
Tous les membres de sa famille sont grands. His family are all tall.
Les travaux vont commencer demain. Work is due to begin tomorrow.
Les grands esprits pensent de la même manière. Great minds think alike.
On croit généralement qu'on a décerné le prix Nobel à Einstein en mille-neuf-cent-vingt-et-un pour ses travaux sur la relativité. Il lui fut en réalité décerné pour son exposé fécond sur l'effet photoélectrique. It is widely believed that Einstein was awarded the Nobel prize in 1921 for his work on relativity. It was actually awarded for his seminal paper on the photoelectric effect.
Je ne peux résister à l'attrait des grands profits. I could not resist the lure of great profits.
Des travaux routiers de grande ampleur commencèrent. Large-scale road construction began.
Il n’y a rien, après tout, de comparable à la danse; je la regarde comme un des plus grands raffinements de la civilisation. There is nothing like dancing after all. I consider it as one of the first refinements of polished society.
Son bouquin est truffé de travaux de recherche de mauvaise qualité. His book is riddled with shoddy research.
Pourquoi tes yeux sont-ils si grands ? Why are your eyes so big?
J'aime les travaux de Picasso. I like the works of Picasso.
Les grands artistes n'ont pas de patrie. Great artists have no country.
Comme je n'ai pas d'enfants, je dispose de davantage de temps que les parents à consacrer à des travaux volontaires. Since I have no children, I have more time to spend doing volunteer work than parents do.
Il a gagné le premier prix en récompense de ses grands efforts. He won first prize as a result of his great effort.
On croit généralement qu'on a décerné le prix Nobel à Einstein en dix-neuf-cent-vingt-et-un pour ses travaux sur la relativité. Il lui fut en réalité décerné pour son exposé fécond sur l'effet photoélectrique. It is widely believed that Einstein was awarded the Nobel prize in 1921 for his work on relativity. It was actually awarded for his seminal paper on the photoelectric effect.
L'un des grands mystères de la vie est comment un chat décide de quoi faire maintenant. One of the great mysteries of life is how a cat decides what to do next.
"Travaux sur la chaussée." "Road under Repair."
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